Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicologists used to travel to exotic islands to research local music. Today, their fieldtrips lead to scattered urban place. German scholar Oliver Seibt conducted three months of research in the Tokyo visual-kei scene, and stood out of the crowd.

Contemporary tracks remix sounds from different places and times. To analyze the manifold constellations in and shapes of these remixes is challenging. Peter J. Burkholder made a first attempt, here is yet another.

The relationship between music and place has a long history. This article discusses the academic discourses regarding the relationship between music and place. From the Norient book «Seismographic Sounds».

«Where is Music?» The task of locating something as immaterial as sound has, thanks to the digital revolution, become more complex than ever. The importance of questioning today’s music mapping practices. From the CTM Festival Berlin 2016.

Revolutionary changes in music demand new approaches in Ethnomusicology. To contribute to these new theories of today, Norient aims to research contemporary examples through multi-local perspectives and multi-disciplinary approaches.

The Peru-born author performed with folkloric groups on the streets and squares of Germany to earn his living. Here, he discusses amongst others how Andean musicians changed their repertoire to meet German tastes.

First part of a short festival review about Off, a three day long feast for lovers of alternative music, that takes place every year in Katowice in Southern Poland. Our author interviews DakhaBrakha, an ethno band from the Ukraine.

For centuries dabke was a local tradition in Syria, but in the late 1990s, it has become urban. Thereby, the popular dance music was reimaginated and globalized. Under the name «new wave dabke» special stylistic idoms have become noticeable.